Backhouse, 12 a St. Margarets Street

Backhouse Racing, 12a St. Margarets Street Today

The Building showing the Bakers single shop window on the left with the entrance where it is today

H. Burgess's baker's shop at 12 St. Margaret's Street c.1900.

Entry for 1841 Census showing Richard Stent, aged 40 and his family

extract from Pigots Directory for 1848 Bakers. Badden Henry, Bearfield *Barton William, Shambles Duck James, Trowbridge road England Samuel Leeds, Horse st Hillman William, Wine street Matthews Isaac, Silver street Smart Daniel, New Market place Stent Richard, St. Margaret st.

DUCK James (452) HD M 45 Master Baker Emp 1M 1B WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street DUCK Hannah WI M 29 - WIL Westbury St. Margarets Street DUCK George SO U 19 Baker WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street DUCK Maria DA U 17 - WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street DUCK Emily DA U 10 Scholar WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street DUCK James SO - 8 Scholar WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street WALKER Samuel SV U 21 Baker SOM Road St. Margarets Street WALKER John SV U 14 Baker SOM Road St. Margarets Street DAVIS Bridget LG U 68 Annuitant WIL Bradford St. Margarets Street

The Building, formerly in the Garden of 12a St. Margarets Street. The earlier building was a storey higher as can be seen from the Aerial Photographs below. It may well be built c. 1690 with the other buildings in Nowhere Lane with a garden bordering St. Margarets Street. The present early 19th Century Shop probaly fillied the gap between neighouring buildings.

The building shown above at the end of Nowhere Lane was originally a storey higher as is shown in the photographs above. In the mid 19th Century, a Bridget Hayward Davis was living there and her will of 1857 is very interesting and details a number of the people living around her, including James and Hannah Duck who were running the Bakers fronting St. Margarets Street.In 1914 the oriinal building was reduced in size the pans are in the Wiltshire Record office.